The small town of Festus, Missouri
— a community made up of just under 14,000 people
— has become a focal point over the growing backlash against
AI data centers entering communities across the country.
Following the approval of a $6 billion data center project,
voters removed four of the eight members of the Festus city council,
as well as started a petition to remove the remaining city council members and the mayor, reports Politico.

Small Missouri town ousts half its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval — petition calls for mayor's removal as frustration (and violence) over AI data centers mounts
A lawsuit is also seeking to undo the project's approval.

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Stained sidewalks tell of
The city's sweetness. Watch out -
Falling mulberries!
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku

Made new test prints on some off-cuts, using a slightly stronger developer solution than usual to see impact on max. depth. The main image (Eagle Creek, Oregon) is using 18% sodium acetate (curve corrected negative), the test strips are of 20% and 15% solutions (both uncorrected). The phone capture doesn't really show the differences too well, but I think I will go for the 18-20% from now on...
(Btw. The original image is here:

Oh Snap!
Get comfy, grab a snack and join me as we chat all things pop culture and nostalgia, deep diving on your favourite shows, films and moments from the 2000's and beyond...
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Are you planning flying in the coming months? Consider train...
"The executive director of the International Energy Agency, said there would be flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies from the Middle East were not restored within the coming weeks.
KLM, part of the Air France-KLM group, said on Thursday it would cut 160 flights in the coming month because of high kerosene jet fuel prices."

#Wien "Man möchte gerne, dass die Filmgeschichte weitergeht, dass sie sich häutet und noch einmal frisch anfängt." - Alexander Kluge, Filmemacher, Schriftsteller und bildender Künstler feiert seinen 94. Geburtstag.

Filmmuseum - Programm SD
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NFL Legend Projects Raiders to Cut Ties With Leading Receiver From 2025 https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/tre-tucker-roster-cut-steve-smith/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom
has scheduled the special election to fill the House seat vacated by
Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress following sexual assault allegations.
The special election is set for
👉Aug. 18.
Newsom issued a proclamation on Tuesday to start the process for the election

Newsom sets date for special election to fill Swalwell’s House seat
Eric Swalwell resigned at 2 p.m. Tuesday, days after he was first accused of sexually assaulting a former staffer.

A trial date has been set for Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
On Thursday, Judge Roy K. Altman of the Southern District of Florida set a provisional start date of ⭐️February 15, 2027, for a two-week trial. 
The lawsuit was filed following the release of an episode from Panorama,
the BBC's investigative documentary series, titled
"Trump: A Second Chance?"
In it, the BBC cut together two parts of Trump's January 2021 speech to …

Date set for Trump's $10 billion lawsuit over BBC documentary
A federal judge has set the date for the president's push to punish a news organization he dislikes, again.